The assistance could not retain a murmur of surprise by discovering Hibiscus (Renette Désir), Bougainvillea (Nadège Dugravil), “Belle de Jour” (Alexandra Cédoine), Bird of the Paradise (Tamara Suffren), Daisy (Annie Alerte), Sunflower (Rutshelle Guillaume), Anthurium (Exeline Belcombe), Callas (Donaldzie Theodore), Lilac (Bendgina Michaud), Rose (Stéphanie Bigord), and Orchid (Marodie Pierre); these Woman-flowers’ make-up was realized by our artist Maikadou, with the assistance of the “Fairy of the Back-stage” Florence Ledan; they were beautifully transformed with a variety of multicolored veils by the Designer Madeline Ledan, whose creative roots are very deeply anchored.
While the last words of the poem “Haiti”, composed by Savannah Savary, were fading, Hibiscus detached herself from the Woman-flowers and, followed by Bird of the Paradise they started to sing “Soley O”, incantation to the Sun. The rest of the group faced the public to take again the refrain in chorus, and proceeded with “Waya Waya Lamiral”. Strong moment of the evening: two dancers with a majestic look deposited in the middle of the scene a superb “Manman Tambou” and performed a “Djoumba” before eclipsing. While the chorus beseeched the appearance of the Star of the Day, with “Soley level leve leve leve!” the assistance was stunned by the appearance on stage of the proud “Woman-Drum of the Sun” (Ranya Dérose) who accomplished a ritual emphasizing her costume and her ornaments. Then, armed with two hammers, she struck the big drum in a rhythmic and accelerated mode, in liaison with the singers, until an enlightened Sun would rise to the zenith, on the bottom of the scene. Then, the public had the privilege of admiring the scenic decoration conceived by Rudy Dérose, matching perfectly with the environment of the “Parc Historique de la Canne à Sucre”, made of magnificently plants, columns decorated with Atlantis style and large windows seeming to open on eternal horizons.
In an outburst of joy, the Woman-flowers sang and danced “Loumalayaa Jayimo”, song of victory and joy extracted from our ancient and sacred rhythms, while the dancers left the scene with the drum.
Without any break, accompanied by guitarists Junior and Nicky Christ, piano player Paul, bassist Josué, drummers Arius and Jackson, under the musical direction of Fabrice, the Chorus greeted the assistance by interpreting Manzè’s “Imamou lele O”. Then the singers moved on with a brilliant version of “Sou Chimen Pèdi Tan” of Carole Demesmin, followed by a poem, “Mwen pap Kriye Ankò”, said by Anthurium, the composer. Callas took seat at the piano and was joined by Rose to interpret a success of Yole Dérose, “Song for Haiti” with pathetic accents which instilled great puffs of love for Ayiti.
The Chorus took again its starting position by turning its back to the public and sang a poignant version of “Soufle Van” in the honor of those which had parted before us. With dramatic accents, Orchid, joined by Bird of the Paradise, revived singer’s Toto Bissainthe by singing an extract of “Nous Gouvernerons la Rosée”; then the Chorus paid homage to Carole Demesmin with “La Wouze Wayo”, before leaving the scene.
<<Back
|
Next >>
|
